[Adak]

Recently heard a congressman on a talk show, discussing the problems one of his constituents had with this.

The woman owned a small business for the last 12 years or so. Strictly legit, had no problems with the IRS, until she filed a 501(c) or (d) application, for a conservative group.

She was stalled for 28 months, despite hiring a lawyer to expedite things. Then the application was denied, based entirely on how the IRS "felt" about it.

In the meantime, she has been personally audited twice, and her business has also been audited (neither her nor her business had ever been audited before), and the FBI have interviewed her twice, for no stated reason.

This is not new for the democrats. You may recall "Joe the Plumber" was audited by the IRS shortly after making challenging questions to Obama, during the campaign.

Nixon had an "enemies list" and tried to do some of this also, but because he did not have a good relationship with the media, wasn't too successful.

Obama has had an unbelievable cheerleader media, so these tactics have worked much better for him and the democrats.

Now that several AP reporters know that their phone lines were tapped by the feds, Obama's sweetheart relationship with the media has undoubtedly been soured somewhat.

Nothing shuts up whistle blower sources that all reporters rely upon, more than knowing that they can't stay anonymous.